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Ex-NYT Editor Wants to Revisit Scandal That Ended Him<!-- wp:html --><p>Roman Babakin/Getty Images</p> <p><em><strong>This reporting is featured in this week’s edition of </strong></em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsletters?newsletter=confider&tdb_source=confider&tdb_medium=top_article"><em><strong>Confider</strong></em></a><em><strong>, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe </strong></em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsletters?newsletter=confider&tdb_source=confider&tdb_medium=top_article"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a><em><strong> and send your questions, tips, and complaints </strong></em><a href="mailto:confider@thedailybeast.com"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></p> <p>Former <em>New York Times</em> opinions editor <strong>James Bennet</strong> apparently can’t move on from the scandal that derailed his career at the paper. </p> <p>For those with some memory loss, Bennet <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ny-times-assistant-adam-rubenstein-who-edited-tom-cottons-send-in-the-troops-column-resigns">resigned in 2020</a> after publishing an op-ed in which Republican Sen. <strong>Tom Cotton </strong>called upon President <strong>Donald Trump</strong> to “send in the troops” to quell nationwide protests against police brutality. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-nyt-editor-james-bennet-wants-to-revisit-scandal-that-ended-him">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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This reporting is featured in this week’s edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.

Former New York Times opinions editor James Bennet apparently can’t move on from the scandal that derailed his career at the paper.

For those with some memory loss, Bennet resigned in 2020 after publishing an op-ed in which Republican Sen. Tom Cotton called upon President Donald Trump to “send in the troops” to quell nationwide protests against police brutality.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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